{"id":344256,"date":"2026-06-03T06:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344256\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T06:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:48:28","slug":"rumfield-gets-gift-homer-when-flyball-bounces-off-adells-head-as-rockies-top-angels-8-2-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344256\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumfield gets gift homer when flyball bounces off Adell&#8217;s head as Rockies top Angels 8-2 | Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) \u2014 TJ Rumfield got a gift when his long flyball <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/angels-jo-adell-head-home-run-b0a53a265040fc89b4384bb27eae08fa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bounced off Jo Adell&#8217;s head for a most unusual home run,<\/a> and the Colorado Rockies defeated the Los Angeles Angels 8-2 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Willi Castro hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning and Hunter Goodman had a solo shot in the second. Tomoyuki Sugano (5-4) allowed two runs in five innings for the win.<\/p>\n<p>Castro and Rumfield hit back-to-back homers in the fourth off starter Grayson Rodriguez (2-2), who gave up eight runs, eight hits and three walks in 3 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>With the Rockies holding a 7-0 lead, Rumfield sent a flyball to deep right-center, where the ball grazed the outside of Adell&#8217;s glove before hitting his head and bounding over the wall.<\/p>\n<p>There was brief confusion on the field when the ball caromed back into the outfield. Rumfield stopped at second base, initially unsure of the ruling, before proceeding around the bases.<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) \u2014 TJ Rumfield got a gift when his long flyball bounced off Jo Adell&#8217;s head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-344256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}